Slip-holder



(No Model.)

A. K. OWEN.

SLIP HOLDER.

No. 366,423. Patented July 12, 1887.

INVENTOR %%M wmmsszs ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASA K. O\VEN, OF LAKE GENEVA, \VISOONSIN.

SLIP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,423, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed December 22, 1866. Serial No. 222,301.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Asa K. OWEN, of Lake Geneva, in the county ofWalworth and State of \Visconsin, have invented a new and ImprovedSlip-Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which-- Figure 1is a plan view of my improved slipholder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation,and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the slip fastener.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient devicefor holding paper slips, such as checks or receipts; also to provide adevice in connection therewith for tearing the checks or receipts fromtheir stubs.

My invention consists in a board longer than the check or receipt to beblocked, provided near one end with a pair of curved loops for receivingthe perforated slips, and in the com binatiou, with the board, ofaswinging papercutter adapted to swing over upon the top of a series ofslips and rest upon the outer slip along the line of separation betweenthe slip and stub, to facilitate tearing the slip upon that line, all ashereinafter more fully described.

The board A, forming the body of the holder, is made of a little greaterwidth than the slip to be held thereon, and its length is about equal tothe length of one of the slips, including its stub, together with anadditional stub.

Near one end of the board A are secured two curved loops, B, having aneye, a, at one end and an outwardlyturned point, I), at the oppositeend. The eyes a are inserted in cavities in the board and securedtherein by pins 0, and the outwardly-turned ends I) are adapted to bereceived in recesses (1, formed in the top of the board A. In the sideof each recess d is inserted a tongue, 6, which projects partly acrossthe recess in position to engage the outwardlyturned end I) of the loopB.

Upon the loops B are placed the slips 0, the slips being provided withapertures f for receiving the said loops, and the slips G are held inplace upon the board A by bringing the outwardly-turned ends I) of theloops B into engagement with the tongues e, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

(No model.)

A paper-cutter, D, having armsg, provided with eyes h, ispivotally-secured to the board A by screws i, passing through the eyesit into the edges of the board A. The arms 9 are bent so as to inclinethe outer edge of the paper-cutter D downward toward the slips held onthe board A, and the position of the cutter D relative to the loops B issuch as to cause the edge of the cutter-D to rest upon the dividinglinebetween the stub j and the body is of the slips 0, so that when thecutter D is pressed down upon the slip the body of the slip may be tornalong the edge of the cutter. The space between the loops B and the endof the board A is sufficient to allow the stubs j to be turned back outof the way.

To permit of hanging up the slip-holder, also to provide a stop for thepaper-cutter D, a screw-eye, Z, is inserted in the end of the board A.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with the board A,provided with the recesses d, of the loops B, pivotall y connected withthe board, and the tongues e, projecting into the recesses (1, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the board A, adapted to hold the slips G, ofthe cutter D, provided with arms 9, pivoted to the edges of the board A,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the board A, adapted to hold the slips C, ofthe cutter D, provided with arms 9, pivoted to the edges of the board A,and the screw-eye l, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the board A, provided with the recesses d,ofthcloops B, pivotally connected with the board A, the tongues e,projecting into the recesses (l, and the paper-cutter 1'), provided witharms 9, pivotally connected with the board A, substantially as shown anddescribed.

ASA K. OWEN.

Witnesses:

LYMAN M. CURTIS, W. A. McAFEER'rY.

